CHARGERS: Report: LB Phillips sued over 2009 bottle-throwing incident

A local television station reported that Chargers outside
linebacker Shaun Phillips has been sued for allegedly throwing a
champagne bottle that hit a bar patron in the head more than two
years ago.

KGTV News reported that a civil lawsuit has been filed against
Phillips because former teammate Antonio Cromartie implicated him
in a 2009 incident at Bar West in Pacific Beach. Another patron,
Kam Saran, claims he was injured by a thrown champagne bottle.

A witness originally implicated Cromartie, the Chargers' 2006
first-round pick who now plays for the New York Jets, as the bottle
thrower. But police said there were conflicting accounts and not
enough evidence to press charges against anyone for the
incident.

Saran filed a civil suit against Cromartie, who, according to a
document obtained by KGTV, signed a declaration last week that
read: "I am of the belief that Shaun Phillips ... threw the object.
I, however, do not have further knowledge as to additional specific
details of the incident including when or why Mr. Saran was struck
with the object ... I declare under penalty of perjury that the
foregoing is true and correct."

That declaration can be used in the civil suit filed against
Phillips. A phone call to Saran's attorney, placed after business
hours Friday, was not immediately returned. The Chargers declined
comment on this story.

KGTV also reports that a criminal investigation will not be
reopened.

Although he has never been charged, this isn't Phillips' first
run-in with the law. He settled a lawsuit by a San Diego night club
bouncer who alleged that Phillips punched him in the face. He was
also sued by a woman who claimed Phillips hit her in Las Vegas, but
that suit was dismissed.